Fishing lure



July 19, 1949. w. R. LHUILLIER 2,476,553

FISHING LURE Filed May 8, 1944 I N V EN TOR.

f ATTORNEY.

Patented July 19, 1949 UNITED sTATEs PATENT, OFFICE,

This invention relatestofishing lures and has I preserved, preferably in a continued living and more or less animated state, and used over and over again, and in which the said live bait will be protected from damage by the fish being caught, I

A'further, and important, object is to provide for such protection of the bait in the lure in a manner which will render the said bait and its movements visible to the fish being sought; and more particularly to provide for the enclosure of the live bait in a transparent envelope forming the main mechanical part of the lure.

A still further object of the said invention is to provide in a device of the type referred to, a transparent envelope to receive live bait, means for attaching a fishing line to the said envelope, and means for also connecting hooks with said line or said envelope in such manner that the envelope will not be damaged by the action or weight of a fish caught on any of said hooks.

The invention also contemplates providing for the free flow of water through the transparent envelope to maintain the enclosed bait in good condition; and further contemplates provision for allowing certain parts of the live bait to project outwardly of the envelope, whereby said bait may be rendered more attractive to the fish being sought than if it were completely enclosed in the said envelope.

Still further objects or advantages additional or subsidiary to the aforesaid objects, or resulting from the construction or operation of the said invention as it may be carried into effect, will become apparent as the said invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into efi'ect, I may provide a transparent capsule or envelope with means for the introduction thereinto of live bait, such as a minnow, and the temporary detention of such bait therein, a connection at or towards one end of the envelope for a fishing line, and one or more hooks associated with the said envelope in such manner as to form a snare for fish attempting to reach the bait within the envelope. All of which is more particularly described and ascertained, by way of example, in and by the following specification, having reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

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r= Figure '2 is a rear end elevation of the same;

Figure 3 .is a front end'elevation of the same; Figure 4 is a plan View of the same;

Figure 5 is-ayhorizontal section taken on a plane indicated by theiline5:5 in Figure 1';

. Figure 6 is a'plan view of a slightly modified form of the device; and

Figure: 7 is a side;elevation of the form shown inFigureG.-

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This type of lure is particularly attractive to pike, pickerel, mu-skellunge and also to perch, crappies, bluegills, sunfish, trout and so forth. It is intended to be used with small fish such as minnows as the live bait although, of course, it does not preclude the use of other suitable creatures or materials, either live or otherwise.

A hollow envelope or capsule 12 is shown which is preferably transparent and may be any of the well-known plastic materials; the said envelope is characterized by the fact that provision is made for part of the live bait to project therefrom in order that the natural movement of such parts, or the movement produced by the action of the water through which the lure is drawn, may serve to assist in the attraction of the fish being sought.

l3 indicates a rear opening, through which the tail of a minnow l4 inserted into the envelope may project, as illustrated, and i5 is an opening on the top side of the said envelope through which the dorsal fin of the minnow may also project; l6 and I1 being openings on the underside of the envelope through which the anal and ventral fins, respectively, of the said minnows may project.

The front end of the envelope I prefer to perforate, as at 18 to facilitate the free flow of water through the envelope. To prevent the minnow from being washed out or otherwise freeing itself from the said envelope after its insertion thereinto. I may provide any suitable means as a detent, and in the drawing I have shown resilient fingers l9 extending inwardly of the open rear end of the said envelope and converging toward one another to engage the tail portion of the minnow, which fingers, however, may be spread apart to permit the eventual withdrawal of the minnow from the envelope when it is so desired.

Suitable hooks 20 are intended to be associated with or carried by the said envelope, as will be readily understood, .and provision is made for the m a n r of carrying th invention into fattachment f the fishing line thereto 8150 in feet and not in a, strictly limiting sense,

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